PRODUCT CATALOG

The EZ percussive sampler series, EZdrummer and its EZX expansion packs, are high end sounding, low end costing software and sound modules designed for songwriters and producers on all levels in need of a simple tool to quickly create professional drum and percussion tracks. The intuitive interface and shallow learning curve together with sounds and MIDI recorded by the best in the business has quickly made the EZ series a standard within the music industry.

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TOONTRACK MUSIC PRODUCT CATALOG

The EZ percussive sampler series, EZdrummer and its EZX expansion packs, are high end sounding, low end costing software and sound modules designed for songwriters and producers on all levels in need of a simple tool to quickly create professional drum and percussion tracks. The intuitive interface and shallow learning curve together with sounds and MIDI recorded by the best in the business has quickly made the EZ series a standard within the music industry.

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TOONTRACK MUSIC PRODUCT CATALOG

EZdrummer is a multi-microphone drum-sampler designed for musicians and producers in need of a compact, affordable, easy to handle plug-in without compromising sound quality or control.

The visualized drums in the interface combine auditioning of sounds and drumkit construction. The extensive drag and drop midi-library enables users to create a great drumtrack in less than five mouse-clicks. For more advanced handling, users can control microphone bleeding and levels between drums using the internal mixer. The mixer also allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host through one single plug-in, and thanks to the second generation Toontrack Percussive Compression (TPC), system requirements are kept to a minimum.

The drums for EZdrummer were recorded, produced and played by the best in the business. From our pro Superior line weve adopted the humanizing features that are instrumental in making our drum-samplers the pinnacle in digital drum production.

With EZdrummer, Toontrack has stepped into the next generation of acoustic drum-samplers.

EZdrummer facts and features:

EZdrummer ranges from entry level usability to pro handling.

Features multiple microphone control.

TPC Generation II reduces system requirements to a minimum.

Operates in General MIDI.

Internal mixer allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host through one single plug in.

Preset mix modes for quick sound changes.

Interface visualizes the drums loaded and combines auditioning and kit construction.

Drums recorded at Avatar Studios, New York by world class drummers and producers.

Thousands of drum patterns with prelistening, quick browsing and dragndrop functionality.

The humanizer combines drum hit randomizing and non-cycling.

Velocity sweep allows instant seamless velocity changes of all drum patterns.

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The Jazz EZX features multi Grammy award winning percussive artistRoy Futureman Wooten.

Recorded at cutting edge Blackbird Studios in Nashville Toontrack has had the privilege to capture the magic of Futureman. His touch, his heart, his philosophy and his approach to his craft. We feel that these recordings will set yet another bench mark for the quality of sampled drums in the years to come.

This is a unique and exclusive recording of two of the most important drummers in popular music. Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab'o" Starks.

On their own or in tandem, Starks and Stubblefield were the principal drummers for the Godfather of Soul and Funk, Mr. James Brown. Fans and critics alike cite their collective era in Browns band as the pinnacle of Funk. Their combined drumming on the classic double-album "Sex Machine" is some of the most innovative, inspired and funky playing ever recorded. We at

Toontrack Music are honored and humbled to have worked with these masters. As fans and lovers of music, we wish to express our deepest

appreciation and gratitude for the legacy that Jab'o and Clyde have given us all.

The Funkmasters EZX feature two kit interfaces, one for Clyde and one for Jab'o. The EZX also features effects sliders in the EZmixer, a Vinyl effect created with the use of Izotope Vinyl plug in and a large Plate reverb resampled at Toontrack Music Studios, Ume, delivering all that you need to create those real sounding Funk tracks.

EZdrummer is a multi-microphone drum-sampler designed for musicians and producers in need of a compact, affordable, easy to handle plug-in without compromising sound quality or control.

The visualized drums in the interface combine auditioning of sounds and drumkit construction. The extensive drag and drop midi-library enables users to create a great drumtrack in less than five mouse-clicks. For more advanced handling, users can control microphone bleeding and levels between drums using the internal mixer. The mixer also allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host through one single plug-in, and thanks to the second generation Toontrack Percussive Compression (TPC), system requirements are kept to a minimum.

The drums for EZdrummer were recorded, produced and played by the best in the business. From our pro Superior line weve adopted the humanizing features that are instrumental in making our drum-samplers the pinnacle in digital drum production.

With EZdrummer, Toontrack has stepped into the next generation of acoustic drum-samplers.

EZdrummer facts and features:

EZdrummer ranges from entry level usability to pro handling.

Features multiple microphone control.

TPC Generation II reduces system requirements to a minimum.

Operates in General MIDI.

Internal mixer allows stereo and multitrack routing into the host through one single plug in.

Preset mix modes for quick sound changes.

Interface visualizes the drums loaded and combines auditioning and kit construction.

Drums recorded at Avatar Studios, New York by world class drummers and producers.

Thousands of drum patterns with prelistening, quick browsing and dragndrop functionality.

The humanizer combines drum hit randomizing and non-cycling.

Velocity sweep allows instant seamless velocity changes of all drum patterns.

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The Jazz EZX features multi Grammy award winning percussive artistRoy Futureman Wooten.

Recorded at cutting edge Blackbird Studios in Nashville Toontrack has had the privilege to capture the magic of Futureman. His touch, his heart, his philosophy and his approach to his craft. We feel that these recordings will set yet another bench mark for the quality of sampled drums in the years to come.

This is a unique and exclusive recording of two of the most important drummers in popular music. Clyde Stubblefield and John "Jab'o" Starks.

On their own or in tandem, Starks and Stubblefield were the principal drummers for the Godfather of Soul and Funk, Mr. James Brown. Fans and critics alike cite their collective era in Browns band as the pinnacle of Funk. Their combined drumming on the classic double-album "Sex Machine" is some of the most innovative, inspired and funky playing ever recorded. We at

Toontrack Music are honored and humbled to have worked with these masters. As fans and lovers of music, we wish to express our deepest

appreciation and gratitude for the legacy that Jab'o and Clyde have given us all.

The Funkmasters EZX feature two kit interfaces, one for Clyde and one for Jab'o. The EZX also features effects sliders in the EZmixer, a Vinyl effect created with the use of Izotope Vinyl plug in and a large Plate reverb resampled at Toontrack Music Studios, Ume, delivering all that you need to create those real sounding Funk tracks.

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The Claustrophobic EZX marks a new step for Toontrack in driving the development of percussive samples. The audio team at Toontrack has utilized drumhead selection, room and microphone configurations to fuse the qualities of a high end drum recording with the cutting edge of the radical beats of todays top RnB, Hip Hop and Pop producers.

Add to that samples run through the best outboard effects and made accessible in the EZmixer to build your own mixer presets for on the fly sound design and youve got all the ingredients to produce, write and play music that takes you and your beats one step further.

C for Claustrophobic, C for Contemporary, C for Cutting edge.Oh, and did we mention that the Claustrophobic EZX was recorded in a very small room?

The Claustrophobic EZX was sampled through the very best of outboard with distortion, reverb, compression and attack effects included in the internal mixer. This enables you to access a large number of mixer presets by Colln & Webb, STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D.

The Nashville EZX takes the traditional country heart of Nashville as a starting point but branches out to become something bigger. A library of percussive sounds that will appeal to musicians, writers and producers in every musical genre in need of EZ access to great drums. It has a big sound and comes played with sticks, brushes and hands.

The Nashville EZX was played by Harry Stinson. Grammy nominated drummer and award winning producer, writer, and singer having achieved No. 1 status in all of those categories. His talents have been shared with artists like Steve Earle, Martina McBride, Johnny Cash, Faith Hill, Earl Scruggs, Etta James, Brooks and Dunn, Patty Loveless, Lyle

Lovett and numerous others, patching together a list that reads like the whos who in country music. The Nashville EZX was produced by Chuck Ainlay. Grammy winning Producer/Engineer with a mind blowing track record. To name but a few, artists such as Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crowe, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, The Mavericks and Dixie Chicks have all relied on his experience and expertise to guide them to the perfect sound.

Vintage Rock - Brushes and Sticks EZX contains recordings of the legendaryLudwig Keystone Drum Set.

The Ludwig Drum Company had little idea what was about to hit them in the months following February 9th 1964, The Beatles debut U.S. Television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band were a sensation and almost overnight everyone wanted to own a set of Ludwig drums just like Ringo's. In fact, Ludwig were still struggling to keep up with demand when along came another drumming icon John Bonham. As well as his use of the Supraphonic snare drum, Bonham popularised larger sizes, including the 24" bass drum similar to the one sampled for the Vintage Brushes and Sticks EZX. This 60's era Ludwig set belongs to 2khz Studio owner Nick Yeatman and we were very happy he lent

it to us so we could capture that phat and funky Ludwig sound.

The Ludwig Keystone Kit was played by Chris Whitten and mixed by producer Peter Henderson and Mattias Eklund from Toontrack Music. To it weve added the classic Ludwig Black Beauty and Slingerland Radio King snares and a number of cool complimen-tary cymbals. Custom MIDI played by top notch drummerMorgan gren (Frank Zappa).

In October of 1985 Tom Waits released the album Rain Dogs. The album was an instant classic and marked a new sound for him. A rough, dirty neo-blues style with awkward rhythms and hard edges.

Part of the band that contributed to that sound was drummer and percussionistMichael Blair. His highly personal instrument set-up which included a mix of regular drums and odd bits and pieces like trashcans, bedroom furniture and rusty bicycle frames fit perfectly with the sound that Waits was looking for. The combination of Michaels timing, expression, and junkyard sounds created a rich and useful range of musical textures to accent Waits intricate storytelling. Michael Blair also played and

toured with Waits on Franks Wild Years, the follow up to Rain Dogs, and later became an integral part of the recordings for Elvis Costellos Spike (1989) and Lou Reeds Magic and Loss (1992).

The Twisted Kit EZX by Michael Blair was sampled through the very best of outboard with distortion, reverb, compression and attack effects made available in the EZmixer. This enables you to access a large number of mixer presets by STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D.

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The Claustrophobic EZX marks a new step for Toontrack in driving the development of percussive samples. The audio team at Toontrack has utilized drumhead selection, room and microphone configurations to fuse the qualities of a high end drum recording with the cutting edge of the radical beats of todays top RnB, Hip Hop and Pop producers.

Add to that samples run through the best outboard effects and made accessible in the EZmixer to build your own mixer presets for on the fly sound design and youve got all the ingredients to produce, write and play music that takes you and your beats one step further.

C for Claustrophobic, C for Contemporary, C for Cutting edge.Oh, and did we mention that the Claustrophobic EZX was recorded in a very small room?

The Claustrophobic EZX was sampled through the very best of outboard with distortion, reverb, compression and attack effects included in the internal mixer. This enables you to access a large number of mixer presets by Colln & Webb, STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D.

The Nashville EZX takes the traditional country heart of Nashville as a starting point but branches out to become something bigger. A library of percussive sounds that will appeal to musicians, writers and producers in every musical genre in need of EZ access to great drums. It has a big sound and comes played with sticks, brushes and hands.

The Nashville EZX was played by Harry Stinson. Grammy nominated drummer and award winning producer, writer, and singer having achieved No. 1 status in all of those categories. His talents have been shared with artists like Steve Earle, Martina McBride, Johnny Cash, Faith Hill, Earl Scruggs, Etta James, Brooks and Dunn, Patty Loveless, Lyle

Lovett and numerous others, patching together a list that reads like the whos who in country music. The Nashville EZX was produced by Chuck Ainlay. Grammy winning Producer/Engineer with a mind blowing track record. To name but a few, artists such as Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crowe, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, The Mavericks and Dixie Chicks have all relied on his experience and expertise to guide them to the perfect sound.

Vintage Rock - Brushes and Sticks EZX contains recordings of the legendaryLudwig Keystone Drum Set.

The Ludwig Drum Company had little idea what was about to hit them in the months following February 9th 1964, The Beatles debut U.S. Television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band were a sensation and almost overnight everyone wanted to own a set of Ludwig drums just like Ringo's. In fact, Ludwig were still struggling to keep up with demand when along came another drumming icon John Bonham. As well as his use of the Supraphonic snare drum, Bonham popularised larger sizes, including the 24" bass drum similar to the one sampled for the Vintage Brushes and Sticks EZX. This 60's era Ludwig set belongs to 2khz Studio owner Nick Yeatman and we were very happy he lent

it to us so we could capture that phat and funky Ludwig sound.

The Ludwig Keystone Kit was played by Chris Whitten and mixed by producer Peter Henderson and Mattias Eklund from Toontrack Music. To it weve added the classic Ludwig Black Beauty and Slingerland Radio King snares and a number of cool complimen-tary cymbals. Custom MIDI played by top notch drummerMorgan gren (Frank Zappa).

In October of 1985 Tom Waits released the album Rain Dogs. The album was an instant classic and marked a new sound for him. A rough, dirty neo-blues style with awkward rhythms and hard edges.

Part of the band that contributed to that sound was drummer and percussionistMichael Blair. His highly personal instrument set-up which included a mix of regular drums and odd bits and pieces like trashcans, bedroom furniture and rusty bicycle frames fit perfectly with the sound that Waits was looking for. The combination of Michaels timing, expression, and junkyard sounds created a rich and useful range of musical textures to accent Waits intricate storytelling. Michael Blair also played and

toured with Waits on Franks Wild Years, the follow up to Rain Dogs, and later became an integral part of the recordings for Elvis Costellos Spike (1989) and Lou Reeds Magic and Loss (1992).

The Twisted Kit EZX by Michael Blair was sampled through the very best of outboard with distortion, reverb, compression and attack effects made available in the EZmixer. This enables you to access a large number of mixer presets by STS 9, Richard Devine, DJ Amplive, sub-ID and Count Bass D.

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Drumkit From Hell aka DFH was originally created to address Toontrack Musics own needs for better and heavier drums in music production. As a result the Toontrack production team decided to record a drum library with the best musicians and producers available in Swedish heavy metal.

Little did they know what they had started. Drumkit From Hell was awarded 5 of 5 in Sound on Sound, an EQ Magazine Exceptional Quality award and launched Toontrack Music as well as the DFH brand in a major way into the sample business enabling the development of the Superior and EZdrummer samplers.

The sounds for DFH were played, recorded and produced at Dug Out studios by Tomas Haake, Daniel Bergstrand, Mattias Eklund and Fredrik Thordendal. All sounds have been re-mixed at Toontrack Studios by Mattias Eklund and weve added custom MIDI files from the diabolically gifted musician and guitar player of Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal plus MIDI played by Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall of Nocturnal Rites and Mattias Grahn of Naglfar. Metal at its best.

Percussionist Mikael Emsing on the recordings:

I was excited when Toontrack asked me to to collaborate on this product. Most of the work I've done in the studio and live has been Rock, Pop or Jazz-type sessions and I felt there was a need for a sample library with sounds adapted to that kind of music.Ive spent years studying traditional music, but also spent an equal amount of time trying to get some sort of "signature" sound, a sound that works live as well as in the studio, a sound that has some soul to it and I wanted to be sure that came through on the sampled sounds. Much to my satisfaction the guys from Toontrack shared my vision and from the get-go we planned and recorded everything with this in mind. I also

wanted a wide variety of sounds and through the generous help of Meinl Percussion we have been able to provide the vital instruments for making recordings in the aforementioned genres.

All the instruments were recorded in different sizes and materials. From large to small, from wood to fibreglass etc. Carrying this DVD around will be a lot easier than lugging all those instruments around (thank god for cartage services by the way...). Time to get the groove going.

Superior Drummer 2.0 is Toontracks all out professional platform for programming and producing drums.Superior Drummer is for the discerning producer that wants all the control that would be provided in a live session with the best drummers in the world at the very best recording venues in the world. Features the Ezplayer pro MIDI engine, professional filters delivered by Sonalksis in the all out mixer. The first Superior Drummer 2.0 release "The New York Studio Legacy Series vol I" features recordings from Avatar Studios in New York. In March 2009 Toontrack releases vol II in the NY Studio Legacy Series with recordings from legendary NY studios Hit Factory and Allaire. In the years to come the Superior line will expand both in terms of functionality and when it comes to sample libraries.

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Drumkit From Hell aka DFH was originally created to address Toontrack Musics own needs for better and heavier drums in music production. As a result the Toontrack production team decided to record a drum library with the best musicians and producers available in Swedish heavy metal.

Little did they know what they had started. Drumkit From Hell was awarded 5 of 5 in Sound on Sound, an EQ Magazine Exceptional Quality award and launched Toontrack Music as well as the DFH brand in a major way into the sample business enabling the development of the Superior and EZdrummer samplers.

The sounds for DFH were played, recorded and produced at Dug Out studios by Tomas Haake, Daniel Bergstrand, Mattias Eklund and Fredrik Thordendal. All sounds have been re-mixed at Toontrack Studios by Mattias Eklund and weve added custom MIDI files from the diabolically gifted musician and guitar player of Meshuggah, Fredrik Thordendal plus MIDI played by Tomas Haake of Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall of Nocturnal Rites and Mattias Grahn of Naglfar. Metal at its best.

Percussionist Mikael Emsing on the recordings:

I was excited when Toontrack asked me to to collaborate on this product. Most of the work I've done in the studio and live has been Rock, Pop or Jazz-type sessions and I felt there was a need for a sample library with sounds adapted to that kind of music.Ive spent years studying traditional music, but also spent an equal amount of time trying to get some sort of "signature" sound, a sound that works live as well as in the studio, a sound that has some soul to it and I wanted to be sure that came through on the sampled sounds. Much to my satisfaction the guys from Toontrack shared my vision and from the get-go we planned and recorded everything with this in mind. I also

wanted a wide variety of sounds and through the generous help of Meinl Percussion we have been able to provide the vital instruments for making recordings in the aforementioned genres.

All the instruments were recorded in different sizes and materials. From large to small, from wood to fibreglass etc. Carrying this DVD around will be a lot easier than lugging all those instruments around (thank god for cartage services by the way...). Time to get the groove going.

Superior Drummer 2.0 is Toontracks all out professional platform for programming and producing drums.Superior Drummer is for the discerning producer that wants all the control that would be provided in a live session with the best drummers in the world at the very best recording venues in the world. Features the Ezplayer pro MIDI engine, professional filters delivered by Sonalksis in the all out mixer. The first Superior Drummer 2.0 release "The New York Studio Legacy Series vol I" features recordings from Avatar Studios in New York. In March 2009 Toontrack releases vol II in the NY Studio Legacy Series with recordings from legendary NY studios Hit Factory and Allaire. In the years to come the Superior line will expand both in terms of functionality and when it comes to sample libraries.

COMPRESSOR

5 BAND EQUALIZER

GATE

HIGHPASS & LOWPASS

TRANSIENT

All new construction window with features such as: ADSR - Attack Decay Sustain Release X-pads - Load instruments from any Toontrack library to add positions or to double instruments on the position of your choice. The ability to read and combine all Superior and EZdrummer sound libraries.

All new internal mixer featuring: Total Bleed Control Stereo Mix Busses Channelstrip Presets Individual Outputs Five Inserts Hardware Controllable

And built in FX delivered by Sonalksis such as: 5 Band Equalizer Highpass & Lowpass Gate Compressor Transient

Superior Drummer 2.0 - The New York Studio Legacy Series was recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z at Hit Factory, Avatar Studios and Allaire studios, NY. Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z have between them over the past three decades worked with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Nick Lachey, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Beyonc, Bjrk, Kiss, Joss Stone, Genesis, John Mayer and Chris Cornell.

In 2005 Toontrack Music was contacted by Pat Thrall with a request to record drums for the Superior Drummer software engine at the Hit Factory, New York.Pat Thrall, an avid dfh Superior user, wanted to sample the Hit Factory recording room so that the mighty sound produced within those walls would live on available to producers and musicians after this legendary studio itself was no longer in existence.

We all knew Pats musical history (with Glenn Hughes, Black Crowes, Beyonc etc) and jumped at the opportunity to work with one of our heroes. Matters werent made worse by the fact that Pat introduced another long time hero of ours to add his talents, passion and experience to the recordings, Neil Dorfsman. Neil has produced and engineered artists like, Kiss, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits and Sting.

Pat and Neil also brought along renowned live and session drummer Nir Z whose credits include acts like Genesis, Joss Stone and Chris Cornell to play his GMS drums for the sessions.

With Mattias Eklund and Henrik Kjellberg from Toontrack Music the recordings at Hit Factory were literally conducted while the wrecking crew was tearing the studio down.

At first, the Hit Factory sessions were meant to be released as an expansion-pack for dfh Superior but after discussions with Pat, Neil and Nir and within the Toontrack production team it was decided that these sounds were too important to be released merely as another collection of sounds. The Hit Factory sessions were a format in its own right and with that insight, Toontrack Music took the first steps towards realizing the vision of Superior Drummer 2.0.

At this point the company had decided to expand its ambitions after gathering experience from the original DFH drum-library and the creation and release of dfh-Superior and dfh-Superior Custom and Vintage.

This was embodied by the development of dfh EZdrummer, a low end priced but high-end sounding drum sampler accessible and useful to everyone. From beginner to professional.

In addition to the Hit Factory sessions Toontrack decided to record two other New York recording-venues frequented by Pat, Neil and Nir, Avatar Studios and Allaire Studios. A portion of the first Avatar sessions were modified to be part of dfh EZdrummer, but taken together these recordings made up the heart of what would comprise the release of Superior Drummer 2.0 The New York Studio Legacy Series.

Weve been waiting to announce and release these recordings for over two years knowing that they deserved a software engine that would set a standard of its own in sampled drums.

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The New York Studio Legacy Series, Toontrack Musics professional sample engine for drums is a complete overhaul of the original dfh-Superior engine but weve made painstakingly sure to lose nothing of the sound quality, attention to detail and musicality that has made the Toontrack Music drum sampler line what it is.

Superior Drummer 2.0 has been re-developed for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It will include custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through the all new customized MIDI engine and arranger EZplayer Pro; it will feature stand-alone capacity through Toontrack Solo. From premium UK based software developer Sonalksis, Superior Drummer 2.0 has been fitted with, 5-band EQ, high and low pass filter, compressor, gate and transient designer filters.

The new interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and lay out but gives its user layer upon layer of in depth features to create the ultimate drum track.

SUPERIOR DRUMMER 2.0

INCLUDED!

COMPRESSOR

5 BAND EQUALIZER

GATE

HIGHPASS & LOWPASS

TRANSIENT

All new construction window with features such as: ADSR - Attack Decay Sustain Release X-pads - Load instruments from any Toontrack library to add positions or to double instruments on the position of your choice. The ability to read and combine all Superior and EZdrummer sound libraries.

All new internal mixer featuring: Total Bleed Control Stereo Mix Busses Channelstrip Presets Individual Outputs Five Inserts Hardware Controllable

And built in FX delivered by Sonalksis such as: 5 Band Equalizer Highpass & Lowpass Gate Compressor Transient

Superior Drummer 2.0 - The New York Studio Legacy Series was recorded by Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z at Hit Factory, Avatar Studios and Allaire studios, NY. Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and Nir Z have between them over the past three decades worked with artists as diverse as Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Nick Lachey, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Beyonc, Bjrk, Kiss, Joss Stone, Genesis, John Mayer and Chris Cornell.

In 2005 Toontrack Music was contacted by Pat Thrall with a request to record drums for the Superior Drummer software engine at the Hit Factory, New York.Pat Thrall, an avid dfh Superior user, wanted to sample the Hit Factory recording room so that the mighty sound produced within those walls would live on available to producers and musicians after this legendary studio itself was no longer in existence.

We all knew Pats musical history (with Glenn Hughes, Black Crowes, Beyonc etc) and jumped at the opportunity to work with one of our heroes. Matters werent made worse by the fact that Pat introduced another long time hero of ours to add his talents, passion and experience to the recordings, Neil Dorfsman. Neil has produced and engineered artists like, Kiss, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits and Sting.

Pat and Neil also brought along renowned live and session drummer Nir Z whose credits include acts like Genesis, Joss Stone and Chris Cornell to play his GMS drums for the sessions.

With Mattias Eklund and Henrik Kjellberg from Toontrack Music the recordings at Hit Factory were literally conducted while the wrecking crew was tearing the studio down.

At first, the Hit Factory sessions were meant to be released as an expansion-pack for dfh Superior but after discussions with Pat, Neil and Nir and within the Toontrack production team it was decided that these sounds were too important to be released merely as another collection of sounds. The Hit Factory sessions were a format in its own right and with that insight, Toontrack Music took the first steps towards realizing the vision of Superior Drummer 2.0.

At this point the company had decided to expand its ambitions after gathering experience from the original DFH drum-library and the creation and release of dfh-Superior and dfh-Superior Custom and Vintage.

This was embodied by the development of dfh EZdrummer, a low end priced but high-end sounding drum sampler accessible and useful to everyone. From beginner to professional.

In addition to the Hit Factory sessions Toontrack decided to record two other New York recording-venues frequented by Pat, Neil and Nir, Avatar Studios and Allaire Studios. A portion of the first Avatar sessions were modified to be part of dfh EZdrummer, but taken together these recordings made up the heart of what would comprise the release of Superior Drummer 2.0 The New York Studio Legacy Series.

Weve been waiting to announce and release these recordings for over two years knowing that they deserved a software engine that would set a standard of its own in sampled drums.

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The New York Studio Legacy Series, Toontrack Musics professional sample engine for drums is a complete overhaul of the original dfh-Superior engine but weve made painstakingly sure to lose nothing of the sound quality, attention to detail and musicality that has made the Toontrack Music drum sampler line what it is.

Superior Drummer 2.0 has been re-developed for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. It will include custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through the all new customized MIDI engine and arranger EZplayer Pro; it will feature stand-alone capacity through Toontrack Solo. From premium UK based software developer Sonalksis, Superior Drummer 2.0 has been fitted with, 5-band EQ, high and low pass filter, compressor, gate and transient designer filters.

The new interface is reminiscent of EZdrummer with its simple handling and lay out but gives its user layer upon layer of in depth features to create the ultimate drum track.

SUPERIOR DRUMMER 2.0

INCLUDED!

Toontrack Software Tools are products that complement both our own sampler formats and

sampler formats from other developers.

The series was unofficially started with the release of the MIDI browser and arranger EZplayer Free in March of 2007. Its been

followed by the release of the stand alone host application Toontrack solo in the fall of 2007 and late 2008 will see the release

of Drumtracker, Toontrack Musics very own sound replacement tool and the further development of

EZplayer Free and EZplayer Pro.

The TST line will be developed further in the years to come to deepen the interaction between all products in the Toontrack line.

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ALL YOUR MIDI - ONE PLAYER

EZplayer Pro is the much expanded version of Toontrack Musics EZplayer Free.

In EZplayer Pro you can collect and organize all the MIDI on your hard drive. You can combine, put together and fuse drum and percussion MIDI clips from individual kit pieces to entire arrangements and audition them with your favorite

drum sampler in EZplayer Pro before dragging them into your sequencer. The application is organized as a multi track sequencer arranger where every track can be connected to a virtual

instrument in the main sequencer and EZplayer Pro be utilized to audition different instruments in combination before you adjust them in detail. The tracks and the sub tracks with fills and variations connected to them can also be aligned to

a hardware controller such as a keyboard or percussive controller to trigger MIDI sequences live.

On top of all the new functionality the map-wrappers between different drum sampler formats (which allow users to use the MIDI from one brand of drum sampler with a sampler from another brand as a sound source on the fly) have been

expanded to now encompass all common brands in the market.

EZplayer Pro will be delivered with all new MIDI content from David Fingers Haynes and others.

Toontrack Software Tools are products that complement both our own sampler formats and

sampler formats from other developers.

The series was unofficially started with the release of the MIDI browser and arranger EZplayer Free in March of 2007. Its been

followed by the release of the stand alone host application Toontrack solo in the fall of 2007 and late 2008 will see the release

of Drumtracker, Toontrack Musics very own sound replacement tool and the further development of

EZplayer Free and EZplayer Pro.

The TST line will be developed further in the years to come to deepen the interaction between all products in the Toontrack line.

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ALL YOUR MIDI - ONE PLAYER

EZplayer Pro is the much expanded version of Toontrack Musics EZplayer Free.

In EZplayer Pro you can collect and organize all the MIDI on your hard drive. You can combine, put together and fuse drum and percussion MIDI clips from individual kit pieces to entire arrangements and audition them with your favorite

drum sampler in EZplayer Pro before dragging them into your sequencer. The application is organized as a multi track sequencer arranger where every track can be connected to a virtual

instrument in the main sequencer and EZplayer Pro be utilized to audition different instruments in combination before you adjust them in detail. The tracks and the sub tracks with fills and variations connected to them can also be aligned to

a hardware controller such as a keyboard or percussive controller to trigger MIDI sequences live.

On top of all the new functionality the map-wrappers between different drum sampler formats (which allow users to use the MIDI from one brand of drum sampler with a sampler from another brand as a sound source on the fly) have been

expanded to now encompass all common brands in the market.

EZplayer Pro will be delivered with all new MIDI content from David Fingers Haynes and others.

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Get it for free at www.toontrack.com

Toontrack solo is a stand alone application designed to host Toontrack samplers such as dfh Superior and EZdrummer. It is particularly suited for musicians wanting to jam along with a friend (real ones if you are a drummer or a virtual one if

you are a guitarist), or to perform live (for your own pleasure or in front of an audience). In its current incarnation a performer can optimize response from his preferred controller with the use of factory presets, and route any of the

samplers output to a hardware mixer for total sonic control.

Toontrack solo boosts full support for ASIO and CoreAudio/CoreMIDI devices and provides support for up to 16 physical Audio outputs that can be routed to a conventional mixer for processing. For the less technically savvy among readers this means that it is optimized for real-time operation with minimal latency and provide the full flexibility of sound shaping in

your outboard gear.

Multiple instances can of course be controlled from conventional keyboard controllers (with full support for modwheel control of hihat action) as well as a range of specialists devices such as the majority of E-drums and Drumpads available

on the market. virtual Drummers can be layered or assigned to specific channels for precise triggering, at your discretion.

Host independent, stand alone software for converting drum audio to drum MIDI. Import audio tracks, export MIDI mapped to your favourite drum sampler.

Manual control over tracking and exporting, select which part or parts of a drum track that you want to export,down each single hit.

Define multiple parts in a single sound file enabling tracking of multiple instruments and articulations.You and your drum sampler set the limits.

Select the parts of the sound file that you want converted, enabling exclusion of unwanted triggering. Each trigging point graphically represented. Delete, add, move or change the velocity to your individual needs.

Set max/min velocity and threshold values for each instrument and articulation. Choose between different output MIDI mappings adapted for several different drum samplers.

Save your own presets. Export all drums to one single MIDI file or as multi track MIDI.

THE NEW STAND ALONE DRUM REPLACER FROM TOONTRACK MUSIC

FEED CONVERT REPLACE

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Get it for free at www.toontrack.com

Toontrack solo is a stand alone application designed to host Toontrack samplers such as dfh Superior and EZdrummer. It is particularly suited for musicians wanting to jam along with a friend (real ones if you are a drummer or a virtual one if

you are a guitarist), or to perform live (for your own pleasure or in front of an audience). In its current incarnation a performer can optimize response from his preferred controller with the use of factory presets, and route any of the

samplers output to a hardware mixer for total sonic control.

Toontrack solo boosts full support for ASIO and CoreAudio/CoreMIDI devices and provides support for up to 16 physical Audio outputs that can be routed to a conventional mixer for processing. For the less technically savvy among readers this means that it is optimized for real-time operation with minimal latency and provide the full flexibility of sound shaping in

your outboard gear.

Multiple instances can of course be controlled from conventional keyboard controllers (with full support for modwheel control of hihat action) as well as a range of specialists devices such as the majority of E-drums and Drumpads available

on the market. virtual Drummers can be layered or assigned to specific channels for precise triggering, at your discretion.

Host independent, stand alone software for converting drum audio to drum MIDI. Import audio tracks, export MIDI mapped to your favourite drum sampler.

Manual control over tracking and exporting, select which part or parts of a drum track that you want to export,down each single hit.

Define multiple parts in a single sound file enabling tracking of multiple instruments and articulations.You and your drum sampler set the limits.

Select the parts of the sound file that you want converted, enabling exclusion of unwanted triggering. Each trigging point graphically represented. Delete, add, move or change the velocity to your individual needs.

Set max/min velocity and threshold values for each instrument and articulation. Choose between different output MIDI mappings adapted for several different drum samplers.

Save your own presets. Export all drums to one single MIDI file or as multi track MIDI.

THE NEW STAND ALONE DRUM REPLACER FROM TOONTRACK MUSIC

FEED CONVERT REPLACE

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